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Second Battle of the White Mountain
Timeline: 1632 series
Part of The Thirty Years' War
Date July, 1633
Location Near Prague, Bohemia
Result Decisive victory for Wallenstein and Pappenheim
Belligerents

Flag of Bohemia

Bohemian forces

Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor with haloes (1400-1806)

Austrian forces
Commanders and leaders
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Gottfried Pappenheim

The Second Battle of the White Mountain was fought in July of 1633 between forces commanded by Albrecht von Wallenstein and Gottfried Pappenheim and Austrian forces sent by Emperor Ferdinand II. The Austrians were decisively defeated, and Bohemia's independence from the Austrian Habsburgs was, for the immediate future, secured.

The battle was actually fought about 20 miles from the White Mountain (Bílá Hora, in Czech), but the victors got to choose the name, and Wallenstein apparently thought it was appropriate.

Note[]

The battle is not described in detail, as "The Wallenstein Gambit" centers on events in Prague.

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